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PADemD

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12. To be Fair to President Richard Nixon

Reply to NoJusticeNoPeace (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 03:11 PM

Dec 2014

In 1973, President Nixon ended the draft, moving the United States military to an all-volunteer force.

Responding to rising concern over conservation and pollution, President Nixon founded the Environmental Protection Agency, and later oversaw passage of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Mammal Marine Protection Act.

President Nixon ended the policy of forced assimilation of American Indians, returned sacred lands, and became the first American President to give them the right to tribal self-determination.

http://nixonfoundation.org/about/president-richard-nixon/top-10-domestic-and-foreign-policy-achievements/

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List for me the GOP accomplishments benefiting average people past 40 years, please. [View all] NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 OP

Here's a really long list of Obama accomplishments: JaneyVee Dec 2014 #1

Best post of the month, you are awesome... NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #5

... crickets lpbk2713 Dec 2014 #2

What is el zilcho, Alex? hifiguy Dec 2014 #3

*tumbleweed* Takket Dec 2014 #4

I can think of one - Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 Just for Fun Dec 2014 #6

How odd that he would sign that. Was the legislation sponsored bipartisan support? NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #9

Authored by one of our favorite Dems.. Just for Fun Dec 2014 #13

I posed the same question to a Republican in 2009 world wide wally Dec 2014 #7

Medicare Part D. Nye Bevan Dec 2014 #8

Part D was a gift to RX industry, it was a profit deal, helped people but that wasnt the reason NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #10

I agree with you on the drug program yeoman6987 Dec 2014 #18

They give me something to bitch about. Seriously, they MIGHT have caused people to question.. BlueJazz Dec 2014 #11

To be Fair to President Richard Nixon PADemD Dec 2014 #12

And to be fair I said 40 years... NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #14

Seeing that I'm 38 years old.. Just for Fun Dec 2014 #16

Nixon wouldn't even pass for a Republican right now.. Just for Fun Dec 2014 #15

Reagan smiled alot sarisataka Dec 2014 #17

Some mighty good cheese got distributed during the Reagan Administration. dawg Dec 2014 #19

I remember that, you would think righty would have figured out what that meant NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #20